Changelog

Version 6 - April 20, 2026

Updated

• Updated version of BetterTrackedBars for Midnight (12.0.5).

Version 5 - March 19, 2026

Added

• Added a Merge Variant Tracked Bars profile setting so colliding tracked-bar rows like Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse can stay separate when desired.
• Added hover tooltips for active BetterTrackedBars tracked bars, plus a Show Active Bar Tooltips profile setting to enable or disable them.
• Added a Hide When Mounted/Skyriding option, including per-bar overrides in Edit Mode.
• Added hover tooltip descriptions for Settings options.

Updated

• Updated auto anchor-chain behavior in Active Only mode so visible bars collapse upward and re-anchor to the nearest active predecessor or the base viewer when earlier bars are hidden.

Fixed

• Fixed more cases where BetterTrackedBars could break Blizzard's built-in cooldown bars and throw Lua errors until you reloaded.
• Fixed inactive tracked bars appearing darker than the configured background opacity.
• Fixed active tracked bars so aura-variant names and icons now update correctly in combat for tracked bars like Roll the Bones buffs.

Version 4 - March 12, 2026

Added

• Added a new Bar Visibility selector with Always, In Combat, and Active Only modes, including per-bar overrides in Edit Mode.
• Added an explicit Show Minimap Button toggle in Settings.
• Added expanded typography controls for ability name, empty-state text, duration timer position, color, and opacity, timer tenths, and application-count color plus percent/point-size sizing.
• Added an Ability Name Color option in Profile Colors, including per-bar overrides in Edit Mode.
• Added optional specialization profiles with an Enable Specialization Profiles toggle and per-spec profile assignments.
• Added single-bar import/export, bar-to-bar settings copy, and profile switching from Edit Mode, including layout and anchor settings.
• Added a Delete a Bar action in Profiles so saved bar entries can be removed from the current profile individually.
• Added Discord and support link actions to the Settings panel.

Updated

• Rebuilt tracked bars as BTB-owned bars that use Blizzard's hidden viewer as a live data source.
• Updated inactive and preview behavior so discovered bars can show empty-state bars when inactive and preview bars while Edit Mode or Blizzard Cooldown Viewer settings are open.
• Updated specialization profile routing to be opt-in instead of always on.
• Updated per-bar style overrides to capture resolved profile values when overrides are enabled.
• Replaced the old inactive-bar toggle with the new Bar Visibility selector and moved inactive text behavior into ability-name empty-state options.
• Clarified scope wording by renaming per-profile sections from Global to Profile and surfacing specialization profile assignment controls separately.
• Renamed the color controls for active, background, and border styling to Bar Active Color, Bar Background Color, and Bar Border Color.
• Renamed fill labels to Bar Drain Direction, cleaned up application-count wording, and removed the ticker option temporarily.

Version 3 - March 3, 2026

Fixed

• Fixed cases where BetterTrackedBars could break Blizzard's built-in cooldown bars and throw Lua errors until you reloaded.

Version 2 - February 27, 2026

Updated

• Fixed a refactor-related performance regression and reduced CPU and memory usage during heavy tracked-bar update churn.

Fixed

• Resolved multiple Cooldown Viewer secret-value and taint-related Lua errors during aura, spell, and charge update flows.

Version 1 - February 26, 2026

Added

• Initial release of BetterTrackedBars for Midnight (12.0.1).